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- 1). SOURCE: Book--THE DIRECT ANCESTRY OF THE LATE JACOB WENDELL OFPORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH A PREFATORY SKETCH OF THE EARLY DUTCHSETTLEMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW NETHERLAND, 1614--1664. BY JAMESRINDGE STANWOOD, OF BOSTON; COPYRIGHT, 1882, pages 17-34 & 47. Theentire book is 51 pages in length.
www.neflin.org/srrl; Heritage Quest Online
The genealogy lineage was obtained beginning with the ancestor fromthe Netherlands to America and the subsequent generations listed inthe book to c.1882 A.D. Even though the book is well over a hundredyears old and the copyright laws are now somewhat laxed with it'susage, only excerpts were noted in this work. The full lineage forthose that are interested is available on the Internet site listedabove.
Start (Page. 21): " JOHANNES WENDEL, the fourth child of his father byhis first wife (Susanna Du Trieux), was the direct ancestor of thatbranch of the family which it is our purpose to trace. Born in NewAmsterdam in 1649, he was baptized in the Reformed Protestant DutchChurch there, upon February 2 of that year. he received sucheducational advantages as were attainable at that time, and at anearly period became a general trader in Albany. He was successful andprosperous in his affairs, becoming a wealthy merchant, and achievinga very considerable degree of prominence in the colony. He lived uponthe Yonker Straat (or present State Street), in that city, and wascalled repeatedly to positions of responsibility and station. He wasmagistrate in 1684, captain in the colonial services in 1685, aldermanof Albany in 1686, and in 1690 was empowered, in company with others,with discretionary (Page 22) authority to treat with the Five Nations(Iroquois Tribes) and to superintend affairs relating to the defenceof Albany. By matrimonial alliances which he formed, he addedmaterially to what was already a handsome estate of his own,controlling extensive tracts of country along the Mohawk Valley, alsoin the vicinity of the present Saratoga, and in other parts of theprovince. He died in 1691, leaving a will which was proved February 9of that year, of which we have appended a copy to this sketch. He wasmarried first to Maritie Jillisse, the daughter of Gillis Pieterse andhis wife Elsie Hendrikse Meyer, of Beverwyck, by whom he had issue twochildren, to wit:" As listed. "Upon the decease of his first wife,Johannes Wendel married Elizabeth, only daughter of Major Abraham andhis wife Katrina (Jochemse) Staes (Staets), of Rensselaerswyck, bywhom he had further issue, to wit:" (Page 23) As Listed.
[Obtained: 05 January 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]
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